Collecting Photography

View of Ireland

A view through a window with a torn blind pulled halfway down showing a Dublin street at night.
Erich Hartmann (1922-1999), Dublin, 1964 (Night Scene), 1964.
© Erich Hartmann Estate (Magnum Photos)/ Courtesy CLAIRbyKahn
Photo © National Gallery of Ireland. Credit

The Print Portfolios

Bauhaus 100

Bauhaus 100: The Print Portfolios
Image: Wassily Kandinsky, Composition, 1922 - detail. Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Graphische Sammlung.
Photo © Staatsgalerie StuttgartCredit

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